Yes, I know the photograph is poor, but I wanted to show you the Halloween wreath I made for my BFF. I used an old black-ish frame, some stretchy cotton yarn from my stash, and $2 worth of big spiders from Dollar Tree. I tied one end of the yarn to the frame and then just randomly wrapped and wrapped, finishing with a knot on the back. A little hot glue for the spiders, and easy peasy, a spooky accessory for BFF’s house.
If you’re procrastinating about Halloween costumes for you and your significant other, perhaps you’d like to do what Dan the Man and I did for a party at our son’s house last night. Mine was easy — a purchased orange Jack-o-Lantern shirt, black pants, (a black turtleneck shirt because it was chilly), and a headband with a pumpkin stem on top. Dan the Man’s was a little more labor intensive, only because I couldn’t find a yellow shirt. After a trip to WalMart for a white shirt, yellow dye, and black duct tape, the Charlie Brown look was born. A little swish on the forehead of Charlie, a necklace for The Great Pumpkin, and a timeless partnership was born!
Last week, I did a retrospective on some of my past posts related to autumn and Halloween. It’s fun to look back, and you may be inspired by some of these ideas. Here are a few more! Read the rest of this entry
Over the past four years of this blog, I’ve posted much crafty crapsmanship related to fall and Halloween. In this post, I’m taking the lazy way out by revisiting a few. And maybe I’ll inspire you to try one!
FALL CANDLE DECOR
https://crapsmanship.com/2014/10/06/fall-candle-decor/
EASY HALLOWEEN DOOR HANGER
https://crapsmanship.com/2016/10/05/easy-halloween-door-hanger/
KICKED UP PUMPKIN
https://crapsmanship.com/2016/09/11/kicked-up-pumpkin-2/
PUMPKIN MUFFINS
https://crapsmanship.com/2015/11/04/pumpkin-muffins/
TRIO OF PUMPKINS
https://crapsmanship.com/2015/10/07/trio-of-pumpkins/
As I shared last week, my BFF loves to decorate for Halloween. (https://crapsmanship.com/2017/10/01/scary-doll-remake/). So I worked on another cheap project that was completed with supplies from Dollar Tree and the backyard. This DIY project is also a perfect example of crapsmanship!
My BFF loves to decorate for Halloween, so I visited my local Goodwill store hoping to find inspiration. My first idea was to find a plastic baby doll to strip, take apart, insert into a jar, and fill with water and some green food coloring. Ick! But when I saw this lovely porcelain doll for less than $5, I knew she was the one! Read the rest of this entry
I won’t bore you with the how-to on this one — it’s a simple rip, rip, rip, glue, glue, glue. But I do have some things I’ve learned in my attempt that may help you turn your own crappy pumpkin into better-than-crapsmanship. Read the rest of this entry
Last week, I posted an easy-to-do door hanger, but after spending an additional $3.00, I think it looks more appropriate for Halloween, don’t you? (But I refused to add an extra ‘B’ at the end, as Dan the Man suggested!) Read the rest of this entry
My fall wreath on the side door of my house was looking rather bedraggled. I wanted a quick and easy replacement, and I’d seen a similar “Boo” hanging somewhere before. I bought the 3 letters at Hobby Lobby and a FolkArt paint called Jack-o-Lantern. Read the rest of this entry
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